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A BOOK OF EXPOSITION

EDITED BY

HOMER HEATH NUGENT

LAFLIN INSTRUCTOR IN ENGLISH AT THE RENSSELAERPOLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

1922

PREFACE

It is a pleasure to acknowledge indebtedness to my wife for assistancein editing and to Dr. Ray Palmer Baker, Head of the Department ofEnglish at the Institute, for suggestions and advice without which thiscollection would hardly have been made.